Ian Nicholas Stewart , , (September 24, 1945) - British mathematician, popularizer of science and science fiction writer [5] . Emerit professor at Warwick University .
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Content
- 1 Early years and education
- 2 Scientific work
- 3 Personal life
- 4 Major works
- 4.1 Popular science works
- 4.2 The Science of the Flat World
- 4.3 Tutorials
- 4.4 Science Fiction
- 4.5 Science and Math
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Early Years and Education
Born in 1945 in England. In the sixth grade of a high school, a math teacher noticed the boy’s outstanding abilities and suggested that he pass without preparation. Stuart agreed and took first place in the class. He received a scholarship to study at Cambridge , at Churchill College , where he studied mathematics and received a bachelor 's degree in art in this specialty. Then he entered the graduate school of Warwick University , where he received a Ph.D. in Lie algebras under the guidance of the famous mathematician (1969) [6] .
Scientific work
After defending his dissertation, he received the post of research fellow at the University of Warwick. He gained fame for his popular science articles in mathematics, as well as his contribution to catastrophe theory [7]
While working in Warwick, he edited the mathematical journal [8] . For ten years (from 1991 to 2001) he led the column "Mathematical Leisure" in the journal Scientific American . This was a continuation of the work of such well-known popularizers of mathematics as Martin Gardner , Douglas Hofstadter and . In total, Stuart wrote 96 columns, which were then reprinted as books.
He worked as a visiting professor in Germany (1974), New Zealand (1976) and the USA ( University of Connecticut 1977-78, ( University of Houston 1983-84).
He has published over 140 scientific papers, including a number of influential works in collaboration with the biologist on the application of the theory of oscillators and symmetry to the study of animal movement [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] .
In collaboration with biologist and writer Terry Pratchett, he wrote four non-fiction books about the Flat World of Pratchett. In 1999, Terry Pratchett awarded Stuart and Cohen the title of Honorary Wizard of the Unseen University. At the same ceremony, the University of Warwick awarded Terry Pratchett an honorary degree. Marked by the AAAS Public Engagement with Science Award (2001).
In March 2014, an iPad app , Incredible Numbers by Professor Ian Stewart, was released [15] .
Personal life
In 1970, he married his current wife Avril; they have two sons. He is fond of science fiction, painting , playing the guitar, breeding aquarium fish , geology, Egyptology and scuba diving .
Major works
Popular science
- Manifold , mathematical magazine published at the University of Warwick (1960s)
- Nut-crackers: Puzzles and Games to Boggle the Mind (Piccolo Books) with John Jaworski, 1971. ISBN 978-0-330-02795-3
- Concepts of Modern Mathematics (1975)
- Oh! Catastrophe (1982, in French)
- Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos (1989) [16]
- Game, Set and Math (1991)
- Fearful Symmetry (1992)
- Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into (1992)
- The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World , with Jack Cohen (1995)
- Nature's Numbers: Unreal Reality of Mathematics (1995)
- What is mathematics? - originally by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins , second edition revised by Ian Stewart (1996)
- From Here to Infinity (1996), originally published as The Problems of Mathematics (1987)
- Figments of Reality , with Jack Cohen (1997)
- The Magical Maze: Seeing the World Through Mathematical Eyes (1998) ISBN 0-471-35065-6
- Life's Other Secret (1998)
- What Shape is a Snowflake? (2001)
- Flatterland (2001) ISBN 0-7382-0442-0 (See Flatland )
- The Annotated Flatland (2002)
- Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life , with Jack Cohen (2002). Second edition published as What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life .
- Math Hysteria (2004) ISBN 0-19-861336-9
- The Mayor of Uglyville's Dilemma (2005)
- Letters to a Young Mathematician (2006) ISBN 0-465-08231-9
- How to Cut a Cake: And Other Mathematical Conundrums (2006) ISBN 978-0-19-920590-5
- Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry (2007) ISBN 0-465-08236-X
- Taming the infinite: The story of Mathematics from the first numbers to chaos theory (2008) ISBN 978-1847241818
- Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities (2008) ISBN 1-84668-064-6
- Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures: Another Drawer from the Cabinet of Curiosities (2009) ISBN 978-1-84668-292-6
- Cows in the Maze: And Other Mathematical Explorations (2010) ISBN 978-0-19-956207-7
- The Mathematics of Life (2011) ISBN 978-0-465-02238-0
- In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World (2012) ISBN 978-1-84668-531-6
- Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (2013) ISBN 978-0-19965-198-6
- Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems (2013) ISBN 978-0-46502-240-3
- Incredible Numbers by Professor Ian Stewart ( iPad app ) (2014)
- Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe (2016) ISBN 978-1781257180 (translated into Russian: Ian Stewart. Space Mathematics. How modern science deciphers the Universe. = Stewart Ian. Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe. - Alpina Publisher , 2018.- 542 p. - ISBN 978-5-91671-814-0 . )
- In Russian
- Ian Stewart. Significant figures. The Life and Discoveries of Great Mathematicians = Stuart Ian. Significant Figures: Lives and Works of Trailblazing Mathematicians. - M .: Alpina Non-fiction, 2018 .-- ISBN 978-5-91671-946-8 .
The Science of the Flat World
- The Science of Discworld , with Jack Cohen and Terry Pratchett
- The Science of Discworld II: The Globe , with Jack Cohen and Terry Pratchett
- The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch , with Jack Cohen and Terry Pratchett
- The Science of Discworld IV: Judgment Day , with Jack Cohen and Terry Pratchett
Tutorials
- Catastrophe Theory and its Applications , with Tim Poston, Pitman, 1978. ISBN 0-273-01029-8 .
- Complex Analysis: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Plane , I. Stewart, D Tall. 1983 ISBN 0-521-24513-3
- Algebraic number theory and Fermat's last theorem , 3rd Edition, I. Stewart, D Tall. AK Peters (2002) ISBN 1-56881-119-5
- Galois Theory , 3rd Edition, Chapman and Hall (2000) ISBN 1-58488-393-6 Galois Theory Errata
- The Foundations of Mathematics , 2nd Edition, I. Stewart, D Tall. (2015) ISBN 978-019870-643-4
Science Fiction
- co-authored with J. Cohen.
- , co-authored by J. Cohen ISBN 0-446-52983-4 , 2004
Science and Math
- Stewart, I. Mathematics: Some assembly needed (Eng.) // Nature. - 2007. - Vol. 448 , no. 7152 . - P. 419-419 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 448419a . - PMID 17653179 .
- Stewart, I. Still light-years away from articulating the infinite (English) // Nature: journal. - 2006. - Vol. 441 , no. 7095 . - P. 812-812 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 441812e . - PMID 16778864 .
- Stewart, I. Schrödinger's mousetrap (Eng.) // Nature. - 2005. - Vol. 433 , no. 7023 . - P. 200-201 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 433200a . - PMID 15662394 .
- Stewart, I. Nonlinear dynamics: Quantizing the classical cat (English) // Nature. - 2004. - Vol. 430 , no. 7001 - P. 731-732 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 430731a . - PMID 15306790 .
- Stewart, I. Networking opportunity (Eng.) // Nature. - 2004. - Vol. 427 , no. 6975 . - P. 601-604 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 427601a . - PMID 14961110 .
- Stewart, I. Mathematics: The 24-dimensional greengrocer (Eng.) // Nature. - 2003. - Vol. 424 , no. 6951 . - P. 895-896 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 424895a . - PMID 12931173 .
- Stewart, I. Mathematics: Conjuring with conjectures (English) // Nature. - 2003. - Vol. 423 , no. 6936 . - P. 124-127 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 423124a . - PMID 12736663 .
- Stewart, I. Mathematics: Regime change in meteorology (Eng.) // Nature. - 2003. - Vol. 422 , no. 6932 . - P. 571-573 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 422571a . - PMID 12686981 .
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 124091598 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Internet Speculative Fiction Database - 1995.
- ↑ NooSFere
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2018.
- ↑ Profile on Scopus
- ↑ Stewart, Ian Nicholas (1969). Subideals of Lie algebras . wrap.warwick.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Warwick. OCLC 921056078 . Template: EThOS .
- ↑ Bellos, Alex . Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart - review , The Guardian (April 16, 2011).
- ↑ In conversation with Professor Ian Stewart - interview , Chalkdust (March 14, 2016).
- ↑ Ashwin, P. Bubbling of attractors and synchronization of chaotic oscillators (Eng.) // Physics Letters A : journal. - 1994. - Vol. 193 , no. 2 . - P. 126 . - DOI : 10.1016 / 0375-9601 (94) 90947-4 . - .
- ↑ Strogatz, Steve H. Coupled oscillators and biological synchronization (Eng.) // Scientific American . - Springer Nature 1993. - Vol. 269 , no. 6 . - P. 102-109 . - DOI : 10.1038 / scientificamerican1293-102 . - PMID 8266056 .
- ↑ Ashwin, P. From attractor to chaotic saddle: A tale of transverse instability (English) // Nonlinearity: journal. - 1996. - Vol. 9 , no. 3 . - P. 703 . - DOI : 10.1088 / 0951-7715 / 9/3/006 .
- ↑ Collins, JJ Coupled nonlinear oscillators and the symmetries of animal gaits // Journal of Nonlinear Science: journal. - 1993. - Vol. 3 . - P. 349 . - DOI : 10.1007 / BF02429870 .
- ↑ Golubitsky, Marty. Symmetry in locomotor central pattern generators and animal gaits (Eng.) // Nature: journal. - 1999. - Vol. 401 , no. 6754 . - P. 693 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 44416 . - PMID 10537106 .
- ↑ Stewart, I. Mathematics. The Lorenz attractor exists (Eng.) // Nature. - 2000. - Vol. 406 , no. 6799 . - P. 948-949 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 35023206 . - PMID 10984036 .
- ↑ Incredible Numbers by Professor Ian Stewart .
- ↑ http://www.ams.org/notices/200211/rev-holmes.pdf
Links
- personal webpage
- Michael Faraday prize winners 2004-1986
- Directory of Fellows of the Royal Society: Ian Stewart
- Prof Ian Stewart at Debrett's People of Today
- What does a Martian look like? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart set out to find the answers
- Ian Stewart on space exploration by NASA
- Ian Stewart on Minesweeper one of the Millennium mathematics problems
- Press release about Terry Pratchett "Wizard Making" of Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart at the University of Warwick
- Interview with Ian Stewart on the Science of Discworld series
- Audio Interview with Ian Stewart on April 25, 2007 from WINA's Charlottesville Right Now
- Podcast series with Ian Stewart on the history of symmetry
- A Partly True Story initially published in: Scientific American, Feb 1993
- “The Joy of Mathematics - A conversation with Ian Stewart” , Ideas Roadshow , 2013
- “In conversation with Ian Stewart” , Chalkdust Magazine , 2016